Denise is a female given name. Dionysus is the Greek god of wine, and the name Denise means "to be devoted to Bacchus."
Feminine variants
Deneece, Denice, Deniece: English
Denisa: Czech, Romanian, Russian, Slovak
Denise: English, French, Portuguese
Denisse: English, French
Deniz: Turkish
Dennet, Denote, Deonisia, Deonysia: Middle English
Dinisia: Portuguese
Dionycia, Dionis: Middle English
Dionise: Old French (on St. Denise's burial site) Dionísia: Portuguese Dionisia: Middle English, Italian, Spanish Dionizja: Polish Dionysia: Greek (Διονυσία), Latin, Middle English Diot, Diota, Dye, Dyonese, Dyonisia, Dyonisya, Dyot, Dyota: Middle English
Masculine variants
Dénes: Hungarian
Denis: English, French, German, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Czech, Russian (Денис), Serbo-Croatian (also Денис) Denijs: Middle Dutch Deniz: Turkish language Dêniz: Portuguese (Brazilian) Dennis: English, Dutch, German, Norwegian Denny: English Denys (Денис): Ukrainian Dinis, Diniz, Dionísio: Portuguese Dion: English, French (medieval diminutive), Greek (diminutive: Δίων) Dionigi: Italian Dionise: Romanian Dionisije (Дионисије): Serbian Dionisio: Italian, Spanish Dionisos (Դիոնիսոս): Armenian Dionizy: Polish Dionysios (Διονύσιος): Greek Dionýz: Slovak Dénes: Hungarian Donnchadh: Irish Dzianis (Дзяніс): Belarusian Genis (Генис): Udmurt
Notable examples
In television and film:
Denise Alexander (born 1939), American actress
Denise Coffey (1936–2022), British actress, director and playwright
Denise Crosby (born 1957), American actress
Denise Dowse (1958–2022), American actress and director
Denise Drysdale (born 1948), Australian television personality and comedian, and her self-titled show Denise Denise Gough (born 1980), Irish actress Denise Keller (born 1982), Singaporean model and MTV Asia host Denise Nickerson (1957–2019), American actress Denise Richards (born 1971), American actress Denise Schindler (born 1985), German Paralympic cyclist Denise Stapley (born 1971), American television personality and sex therapist Denise Camillia Tan (born 1992), Malaysian-based Singaporean actress Denyse Tontz (born 1994), American actress, model, and singer Denise van Outen (born 1974), English actress, singer and TV presenter Denise Welch (born 1958), English actress and television presenter Denise Nicholas (born 1944), American actress, author, and activist Denise Marilyn Palacio (born 1976), Belizean Journalist, Television News Writer and News Anchor at PLUSTV BELIZE
In music:
Denyce Graves (born 1964), American opera singer
Denise Ho (born 1977), singer from Hong Kong
Denise Lor (1929–2015), American singer
Deniece Williams (born 1951), American singer
Denise Pearson (born 1968), English singer-songwriter and lead singer of British pop group Five Star
In sport: Denise Hannema (born 1990), Dutch cricketer Denyse Julien (born 1960), Canadian badminton player Denise Lewis (born 1972), British heptathlete Denise O'Connor (born 1935), American Olympic fencer
In other fields: Denise Austin (born 1957), American fitness expert Denese Becker (born 1973), Guatemalan refugee Denise Domenach-Lallich (1924–2020), French resistance member Denise Levertov (1923–1977), American poet Denise Moreno Ducheny (born 1952), American politician Denise Pumain (born 1946), French geographer Denise Quiñones (born 1980), Miss Universe 2001 from Puerto Rico Denise Weston Austin (1925-1997), Northern Irish zookeeper
Fictional characters: Denise, a character in The Muppets who is Kermit the Frog's new significant other Denise Huxtable, fictional character on the sitcom The Cosby Show and its spin-off A Different World Denise Fox, a fictional character on the British soap opera EastEnders Denise Hemphill, a fictional character on the satirical black comedy slasher series Scream Queens
Nickname
Andrée Borrel (1919–1944), French heroine of World War II, with SOE F codename Denise